On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 14:07:47 +0000 Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > + mutex_lock(&nlmsvc_mutex); > > + while (atomic_read(&nlmsvc_ref) != 0) { > > might be better to do the refcounting outside the thread and use the > kthread api, which is something we still need to do for lockd anyway. > Currently sending a SIGKILL to lockd tells it to drop all of its locks without exiting. If we change lockd to use kthreads, will we have to change that to use a different mechanism? -- Jeff Layton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/